Opening Reception for mayfield brooks’ Whale Fall with Me

Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 4:30pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery

Whale Fall with Me is a solo exhibition by mayfield brooks, the 2025–2026 CFA Artist in Residence, culminating their multi-year research on the life and death cycle of whales—a project that extends across writing, ’zine making, moving image, and brooks’ embodied practice of vocal and dance improvisation. This opening reception will include remarks at 4:30pm in the gallery lobby.

Read more about this solo exhibition by mayfield brooks.

Opening Reception: Robert Lostutter and Kristi Cavataro

Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 4:30pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery

This intergenerational exhibition brings together an abridged survey of Robert Lostutter’s paintings and drawings (from the late-1960s to the present) with Kristi Cavataro’s recent stained glass sculptural works. Reception will take place from 4:30pm to 6pm; with remarks at 4:30pm in the gallery lobby.

Learn more about the exhibition by Robert Lostutter and Kristi Cavataro.

AFTERWORDS: entanglement—Adrienne Edwards and Natalie Diaz

Friday, February 6, 2026 at 12:00pm
Reading Room, South Gallery, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery

For the fifth event in the AFTERWORDS: entanglement series of public programs curated by CFA Director Joshua Lubin-Levy '06 and ICPP Director Noémie Solomon, Natalie Diaz and Adrienne Edwards will reflect on their ongoing collaboration and dialogue on modes of reframing time that centers Black and Indigenous practices of language, art, and exhibition-making.

Read more about Natalie Diaz and Adrienne Edwards.

dArK oXyGen

Friday, February 20, 2026 at 7:00pm
CFA Theater

dArK oXyGen is a sonic dance exploring choreographies of breath, created by mayfield brooks, the 2025–2026 CFA Artist in Residence. The title refers to the recent discovery of oxygen production in the deep ocean where no sunlight can reach (thus photosynthesis cannot take place).

Learn more about "dArK oXyGen" with two performances, Friday, February 20 and Saturday, February 21, 2026 at 7pm.
Opening Reception for mayfield brooks’ Whale Fall with Me
Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 4:30pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery

RESERVE NOW

Whale Fall with Me is a solo exhibition by mayfield brooks, the 2025–2026 CFA Artist in Residence, culminating their multi-year research on the life and death cycle of whales—a project that extends across writing, ’zine making, moving image, and brooks’ embodied practice of vocal and dance improvisation. This opening reception will include remarks at 4:30pm in the gallery lobby.
Opening Reception: Robert Lostutter and Kristi Cavataro
Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 4:30pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery

RESERVE NOW

This intergenerational exhibition brings together an abridged survey of Robert Lostutter’s paintings and drawings (from the late-1960s to the present) with Kristi Cavataro’s recent stained glass sculptural works. Reception will take place from 4:30pm to 6pm; with remarks at 4:30pm in the gallery lobby.
Saturday Tour
Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 2:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery

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Student Gallery Assistants offer a free tour of the exhibitions by Robert Lostutter and Kristi Cavataro, and mayfield brooks’ Whale Fall With Me.
AFTERWORDS: entanglement—Adrienne Edwards and Natalie Diaz
Friday, February 6, 2026 at 12:00pm
Reading Room, South Gallery, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery

RESERVE NOW

For the fifth event in the AFTERWORDS: entanglement series of public programs curated by CFA Director Joshua Lubin-Levy '06 and ICPP Director Noémie Solomon, Natalie Diaz and Adrienne Edwards will reflect on their ongoing collaboration and dialogue on modes of reframing time that centers Black and Indigenous practices of language, art, and exhibition-making.
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